1994 Booker Prize (shortlist)
Set in an African village, this is a novel about a boy who is taken away at the age of 12 by a moneylender as security against a loan. He is coming of age and learning of his inheritance. It is also the story of the corruption of traditional African patterns by white colonialism.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Genre: Literary Fiction
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